Asia

• 1 September 2008
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “Christian Life Weekly” becomes “Catholic Weekly”: a more professional and modern publication on spirituality, evangelization, and service Tai Pei (Agenzia Fides) – For years now, our readers have accompanied us in following the news pieces taken from “Christian Life Weekly.” Today the Catholic bulletin of the Archdiocese of Tai Pei, after 56 years of ...
• 1 September 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - An initial balance of the victims of anti-Christian violence in Orissa, as the Church in India prepares for a “Day for Fasting and Prayer” on September 7 Bhubaneshwar (Agenzia Fides) – The toll of victims of anti-Christian violence in Orissa (Northeastern India) in recent days has reached 26. Hundreds of Christian families were attacked by Hindu fundamentalists who dest ...
• 1 September 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The Catholic University in Icheon opens the Diocesan Center of the John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Marriage and the Family Incheon (Agenzia Fides) – The John Paul II Pontifical Institute for Marriage and the Family hopes to open a Korean campus, which is why it has recently begun a Diocesan Center in the Catholic University of Incheon. It ...
• 1 August 2008
  ASIA/INDONESIA - “I have seen how God’s presence has truly lit my path”: vocational story of a young Camillian Brother from Indonesia Flores (Agenzia Fides) – Below is a vocation story sent to Agenzia Fides from a young Camillian Brother from Indonesia who is in formation in the Philippines: “Ever since I was a child I always enjoyed participatin ...
• 31 July 2008
  ASIA/CAMBODIA - Recognition of Catholic Center for terminally-ill patients Phnom Penh (Agenzia Fides) – Among the terminally-ill (with cancer, AIDS, and other incurable diseases) are those patients in the last stages of their illness, which medicine has been unable to cure, and they approach ...
• 29 July 2008
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “The Word of God in the Life of the Church in the Philippines”: Catholics prepare for Synod of Bishops Manila (Agenzia Fides) – Priests, religious, laity, heads of associations and movements, all met in Manila to reflect on the relationship between the Word of God and the life of the Filipino people. The initiative took ...
• 25 July 2008
  ASIA/HOLY LAND - The University of Bethlehem, hope for the youth that dream of peace Bethlehem (Agenzia Fides) - In the Holy Land, in the poor and afflicted city of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus that is now split in two by a wall of separation, lies a Catholic academic institution for the formation ...
• 25 July 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - The “WYD Effect”: a catalyst in youth ministry and evangelization in Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) - The “aftershock” of World Youth Day is still being felt in Korea, where 1,000 Catholic youth have returned from Sydney. “It is an event that will give fresh strength to youth ministry in Kor ...
• 24 July 2008
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - A humble witness of Christian charity in the slums of Dacca Dacca (Agenzia Fides) – The people call them the “Blue Sisters” for their blue habit and they consider them their sisters and their friends, even if they are of a different religion. Impoverished families, unemploy ...
• 24 July 2008
  ASIA/SRI LANKA - Two exemplary missionaries for the Church in Sri Lanka: Saint Paul and Blessed Joseph Vaz Colombo (Agenzia Fides) – Two prominent figures offer a point of reference and an example for the missionary task of the Church in Sri Lanka, for all its members: priests, religious, and laity: Saint Paul and Blessed J ...
• 23 July 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Mary ask for an end to the violence against the “dalit” in Tamil Nadu Pondicherry (Agenzia Fides) – The violence and discrimination against the “dalit,” or “untouchables,” of the caste system that still dominates Indian society (although it has been formally abolished) are intens ...
• 23 July 2008
  ASIA/NEPAL - New President elected, however political crisis continues Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – A step towards full democracy has been taken and it could mean the first page in a new chapter for the nation’s history: the Constitutive Assembly of Nepal has elected its first President ...
• 22 July 2008
  ASIA/SOUTH KOREA - Proposals for the future of Catholic schools in Korea Seoul (Agenzia Fides) – Take greater root in society; continue insisting on a quality education, guaranteeing the best services to students; reiterate the Catholic values and Catholic identity; make some organizational ...
• 21 July 2008
  ASIA/INDIA - Violence against Christians in Orissa; Bishops’ appeal to authorities Bhubaneswar (Agenzia Fides) – As the ad hoc Committee established to investigate the violence committed against Christians in Orissa in December 2007 concludes its initial phase of work, with meetings and testimonies, ...
• 18 July 2008
  ASIA/CHINA - “We should drill this quote of Saint Paul into our heads, forever: “Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel!” - China’s Catholics celebrate the Year of St. Paul with a new missionary impulse Rome (Agenzia Fides) – Catholics throughout China are living the Year of St. Paul with great enthusiasm, in union with the Pope and the Universal Church. According to information sent to the Agenzia Fides, the Year of ...